Travel Department’s bizarro mail

Sharing a few, um, odd items that arrived in our mailbox during the past week:

4) You have to love entrepreneurs with a sense of humor. Got a press release about modifications to a security pocket for travel that attaches to a woman’s bra — and is cleverly called The Racktrap. Among the product options are white, nude, black lace and a water-resistant sport version. According to the press release: “In addition to being fun and useful, the name makes people smile. And you will be the hit of any party when you reach into your bra to buy a round of drinks!” See TheRacktrap.com.

RMS Titanic Inc.

Photo of the Titanic’s huge wing and center propellers from the “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.”

3) A freelance writer reminded me that the City of Belfast, Ireland, is already holding events gearing up to next year’s centennial of the famed RMS Titanic, which was constructed there. Is it me or does it take giant brass cajones to proudly celebrate having built an unsinkable ship that, um, sank? Just wondering. Find out more at GoToBelfast.com.

2) There are music festivals on mountaintops, at wineries and in soccer stadiums, but the one in Looe Key, Florida, is likely the only one that’s underwater. The Underwater Music Festival, scheduled for July 9, “typically features ocean- and water-themed selections ranging from the Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ to humpback whale songs and ‘water music’ created by local musicians,” according to organizers. The music is “piped underwater via Lubell Laboratory speakers suspended beneath boats positioned above the reef.” I’m really hoping this leads to an ‘Underwater American Idol’ — pretty much the only thing that would make that show less tired. For more, see LowerKeysChamber.com.

1) And the only thing more bizarre, more head-scratching and more improbable than a music festival underwater is a soul music festival in (wait for it) Vail. Yes, THAT Vail. Where the only thing whiter than the hills in winter is, well, you get the idea. The name — the Vail Soul Music Fest — needs no further punchline. Learn more at VailSoulMusicFest.com.